Rain Watch

[EaasmanG]

On the PWS at my house, I have recorded 94.6mm of rain this month, with the latest 3mm today. 60mm fell in the 24-hour period 13:00-13:00 17th-18th.

At the Harpur Hill Weather Station they are up to 99.0mm for the month. The annual rainfall now stands at 548mm.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

I lied! I'm already 0.4mm over last year's total of 703mm (I thought it was 704mm). I feel I've let not only myself down, but the class down too.

[picog]

Still pretty dry here, with 29 mm of rain so far this month.

[Supercell 89]

Yes July has actually been direr than June and has been drier than July 2010 here although it hasn't been anywhere near as warm. We've had only 16.2mm of rain this month compared with 42 mm we had last July.

If the models outlook verifies we might well not see any more rain for the rest of the month which would make this the 5th Month of below average rainfall in a row since March. Also if this total remains it will make it the third driest month of the year and it will be the first below average July rainfall since 2006 for Paignton.

[Terminal Moraine]

On the PWS at my house, I have recorded 94.6mm of rain this month, with the latest 3mm today. 60mm fell in the 24-hour period 13:00-13:00 17th-18th.

At the Harpur Hill Weather Station they are up to 99.0mm for the month. The annual rainfall now stands at 548mm.

Contrast this with the eastern side of the Peak where I am. My July total to date stands at 44.7mm and it's possible, if we miss the showers tomorrow, that this could end as the driest July here since 1999.

[TonyH]

Contrast this with the eastern side of the Peak where I am. My July total to date stands at 44.7mm and it's possible, if we miss the showers tomorrow, that this could end as the driest July here since 1999.

Parts of the Midlands, although unsettled, have only seen relatively small amounts of rain this month.

Coventry is below the July average at 29mm so far, and the exceptionally dry year continues.

[Bobby]

85mm of rain this July so far after 150mm in June and 110mm in May. Total for year so far at 715mm which at this stage is about average for my rather wet location despite a very dry March-April (average for me is about 1700mm a year).

Edited July 22, 2011 by Barb-

[TonyH]

86mm here is close to the July average, while 573mm for the year to date is below average.

Just 66mm here in June.

[Snow Queen one]

28.5 mm of rain here so far this month but am not around next week. It seems we have been quite dry here in Kent compared to some.

Edited July 22, 2011 by Snow Queen one

[Backtrack]

57mm.

[TonyH]

Although Coventry is now up to 40mm due to yesterdays downpours, other parts of Warwickshire are likely to end up with a very dry month with only around one inch of rain (half the average).

My parents near Rugby: 23mm

Church Lawford (2 miles from my parents): 24mm- approximated from the Weatheronline graph

Coleshill: 26mm- approximated from the Weatheronline graph

Quite remarkable given July's very unsettled synoptics that heavy rain and showers have missed much of Warwickshire.

Anyone else been so dry this month?

Edited July 23, 2011 by Tonyh

[EaasmanG]

Now up to 101.4mm of rain this month at my house, and 104mm of rain at the nearby weather station.

[Ben_Cambs]

28mm of rain has fallen here so far. The average for July is 38mm so still below average here. Looks like the only chance of rain is on Monday night, so highly likely that July will end up as the 5th below average month this year for rainfall.

[The PIT]

The dry summer continues only 23.5 mm this month so far 47% of average. June had 53 mm 78% of average following on from a very dry spring one or two trees are beginning to look stressed again.

Only Feb came in above average so far this year with 148% of rainfall

Edited July 27, 2011 by The PIT

[TonyH]

Interesting that a fair few areas have managed another dry month, with only around half the average rain, and not only in the Midlands.Should this pattern continue we are looking at some very low annual totals indeed!

Edited July 27, 2011 by Tonyh

[Static Prevails]

In this part of the Midlands, we've had only 26.7mm so far this month.

[EaasmanG]

A much above average 104mm of rain here, some 4.1", the fifth wet July in a row.

Edited July 27, 2011 by EaasmanG

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Passed the 750mm mark yesterday, which is above average for this point in a calendar year, and a stark contrast to last year.

[Terminal Moraine]

Not even reached 450mm here as yet (435.2mm to be exact ), it's the 3rd driest start to a year since I moved here in 1977, only 1996 and 2010 were drier at this stage.

Bedouin tribesmen will have their eyes on the local property at this rate.

[The PIT]

Should be renamed a lack of rain watch eh? Some places will have done well due to storms which are very local as we know. This weekend is supposed to be a wash out later on for some but I suspect we're out of the region to get the most of the rain.

How rain have you had in June and July TM???

[Static Prevails]

Around 245mm all year. The grass is looking worse than it did in April.

[Teesdale]

Passed the 750mm mark yesterday, which is above average for this point in a calendar year, and a stark contrast to last year.

662mm here on the Eastern side of Pennines. Its been a much drier summer than the last 4.

[The PIT]

Looking like another potential dry weekend for us. All the wet stuff either well to the south or to the north although there's a slight possibility it may end us forming somewhere further south or even further north.

We need rain but I need to catch upon the Garden. Catch 22.

289.1 mm here so far compared to the 454.4 mm we should be up to.

[Ben_Cambs]

About 195mm for the year here now, thanks to the rainfall this Summer has delivered. The annual average is about 550mm, it will take an exceptionally wet Autumn to get anywhere near the annual average come December. The Summer rain meant an agricultural disaster was averted though some wheat farmers did lose 40-60% of their crop.

As for the coming days, I suspect troughs will pop up at short notice, giving organised showers and/or longer spells of rain just about anywhere. Potentially very wet on Saturday across NE England and SE Scotland.

[Paul Sherman]

About 195mm for the year here now,

Wow Essex is not going to win it's usual accolade of driest area in the Country this year.

Up to August 4th in SE Essex have had 379.4mm which is getting close to our average Yearly Rainfall total

No wonder everything is green and plentiful.

January with 98.8mm and June with 114.6mm alone were incredibly wet here and over 3 & 4 times the monthly rainfall respectively! :lol:

Apart from the Massive (For us) rainfall amounts the Summer has been pretty decent with Hot Spells and lots of Sunshine so not all bad.

Paul S